‘Immortal Talks (Book 1)’ by Shunya (C) Aishwary Mehta.
The story behind this photograph – The central theme of the book revolves around the Lord Hanuman imparting esoteric wisdom to the group of tribals known as the Mahatangs. Similarly, Hanuman Chalisa composed by Tulsidas provides us with the wisdom and gives strength by simply reciting the hymn.
Author – Shunya | Genre – Spirituality, Fiction
Publishing House – Seer Books
Source – Purchased | ASIN – B071H5K94K
Published in – May 2017
Format – Kindle eBook | Pages – 149
Quote from the book I Liked –
‘Memory planted in your mind has the power to alter your future actions.’ (Loc. 882)
&
‘Love liberates a person, but love infested with attachment does the opposite.’ (Loc. 1390)
Stars – 2.5 Stars
*Important take from the book* (New segment) –
‘You need to know the light in order to recognize the darkness you dwell in; else you would mistake the darkness for the light.’ (Loc. 181)
Plot Summary –
The book starts with two monks secretly observing a group of tribal people in a forested mountain. It appeared that the jungle dwellers were talking to something that was visible for them but invisible for everyone else. Any rational mind would reject their activities as hallucination, but the monks studied them and discovered the talks between an immortal and His secret disciples; the talks that revealed the mysteries of life and secrets of godly powers; the talks that examined the nature of Reality, Karma, Desire, Soul, Destiny, Death, Time, and Space; the talks that described the indescribable; the Immortal Talks.
My Review –
The book as it goes start when 2 monks are wandering deep within jungles, far from the reach of civilisation in search of a group of tribals known here as Mahatangs. They observe certain peculiar behaviour around the Mahataangs where at several points it felt like these people were talking to someone invisible. On the other side, Mahatang side, their tribe is among the few where the almighty immortal Hanuman visits every 41 years to impart Wisdom and Knowledge, whom the author titled as ‘Immortal Talks’. What this knowledge is about is all that this book is about. It talks about Space and time, the Universe, the life, the tragedy one suffers in life and several certain topics and wisdom regarding Mind, Body and Spirit.
If I’m supposed to say about this series including both Immortal talks Book 1 and 2, you’ll have to wait a bit as I’m about to finish Book 2 as well to give you a complete review. As of now, as a reader who has just read Book 1 will for sure feel this book to be completely incomplete and full of incompleteness. What I mean to say here is that the author just for the Marketing and Profiting purpose divided this complete book in two, Immortal Talks 1 and 2. While the whole book can be put as one. Because Book 1 has just 6 chapters and Book 2 starts with Chapter 7. And to get the complete zest of the book, one has to buy Book two as well which makes me wonder the purpose of such an act. But everyone is free to do what they want. I simply as a reader would have preferred a single book rather than dividing the book into 2 parts and costing double the price. I’ll read the second book and post the complete review soon.
What I liked – The buildup it created for Book 2.
What could’ve been better – Combination of both the books in a single book
Writing Style – Descriptive yet a page-turner.
24th BOOK of 2020 (148 books read overall)
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